Soaring income inequality and unemployment, expanding populations of the displaced and
imprisoned, accelerating destruction of land and water bodies: today's socioeconomic and …

WINNER of the BISA IPEG Book Prize 2015 http://www. bisa-ipeg. org/ipeg-book-prize-2015-
winner-announced/Under the rubric of 'financial inclusion', lending to the poor–in both the …

The issue of “housing” has generally not been granted an important role in post-war political
economy. Housing-as-policy has been the preserve of social policy analysis and of a …

The city is a significant level of geography at which to examine the economic, political and
social implications of austerity. We consider how the financial crisis originated in the urban …

Drawing on a wide range of case studies, Cultures of Financialization argues that, in our age
of crisis, the global economy is more invested than ever in culture and the imagination. We …

Today, when it seems like everything has been privatized, when austerity is too often seen
as an economic or political problem that can be solved through better policy, and when the …

C anada's experience during and after the financial crisis appears to distinguish it from its
international peers. C anadian real estate sales and values experienced record increases …

This article analyzes the drivers and implications of catastrophe bonds' growing popularity
as an alternative asset class. As investor demand for bonds outpaces their supply from …

The global financial crisis is complex and uneven. This paper focuses on the propagation
and mediation of the crisis via a case study of the city of Pforzheim, in southwest Germany. In …

Abstract The recent Global Financial Crisis started as a crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage
market, and rapidly spread to a wider financial crisis. This article suggests that beyond the …